"I'm walking in now," I texted as I hurried though the mall entrance, "Sorry I'm late."
"Its okay, but you owe me a kiss," he replied.
I typed a quick "LOL" and dropped my phone in my pocket as I rushed to meet him near the movie theater. I must have walked by him several times before he tapped me on my shoulder. I turned around taking him in and suddenly I hated my outfit and just about everything else about me...
He was most assuredly the man from his profile pictures--same eyes, same charming smile. And yet, he wasn't at all who I thought I was meeting. He'd seemed a bit on the chubby side in the pictures and we'd been having nerdy conversations so I wasn't expecting the man who stood there smiling at me. He was gorgeous-- well over six foot, green eyes, close cropped light brown hair, great bone structure, athletic build. He was fucking hot, and there I was... 240 pounds and just barely over five foot, wearing this stupid patchwork skirt and blue button up.
"Oh, hey... I must have missed you somehow," I greeted him.
"I couldn't have missed you," he smiled and my heart skipped a beat.
"Yeah... I have this bright fucking skirt on."
"Well, there is that too," he laughed.
I shuffled awkwardly, "Umm, so, maybe I'll just go... you don't have to go on the date with me."
"Why wouldn't I want to go on our date? I finally got you to agree to meet me," he cocked he head as he asked, "Am I not what you were expecting?"
"No! No.... No, it's just that guys who look like you don't go on dates with girls who look like me."
"I don't go on dates with sexy redheads?" he winked at me, "Get a drink with me."
"Uh... okay..."
I followed him to the bar across from the theater and he ordered my drink for me. The bartender sat it in front of me and he stopped me from taking it.
"You're forgetting something."
"I am?" I asked, confused.
"You owe me a kiss," he pointed to his cheek and bent low so that I could reach him. I flushed, but learned in to kiss his cheek. He caught my face in his hand and kissed me full on the mouth, his tongue exploring mine. When he broke away my head was swimming. I followed him to a table where we sat and talked for a while. I cycled through random tangential subjects and he smiled at me.
"Are you nervous?"